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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9272

26 September 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competitiveness council/consumers
Council political agreement to remove obligatory packaging formats for some sixty pre-packaged food products - Derogations foreseen

Brussels, 25/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - After many discussions, the EU ministers in charge of competitiveness, meeting in Brussels on Monday, reached a unanimous political agreement to make considerable simplifications to Community legislation (directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC) and remove diverging national rules imposing obligatory packaging formats on pre-packaged foodstuffs. With a few exceptions, packaging formats for pre-packaged products will, in future, be free from any sizing...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Recent Russian initiatives confirm EU's need to remain vigilant
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission to go no further than to threaten Bulgaria and Romania with application of safeguard measures
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: 40,000 families to benefit from temporary aid mechanism
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/YEMEN:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/FUTURE OF EUROPE: France and Commission's views converge on enlargement and priority of Europe of results
(EU) EU/EPP/UNIVERSITY OF IDEAS: EIN's reflection on Europe's geographical borders proposing use of term "integration capacity"
(EU) EP/ESTONIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Commission paves way for CAP of tomorrow
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/CONSUMERS: Council political agreement to remove obligatory packaging formats for some sixty pre-packaged food products - Derogations foreseen
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: With view to informal Lahti summit, debate on reactivating innovation is back on track
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/COMPETITIVENESS council: Council formally adopts common position on 7th research framework programme
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/COMPETITION: Council agreement to end liner shipping conference exemptions
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: On 4 October Commission expected to present new proposals for strengthening road safety
(EU) COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: In Rhodes, industry ministers reaffirm aim of establishing free trade area by 2010, and of encouraging investment and promoting innovation, especially in textiles
(EU) EMU/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/INFORMAL COUNCIL/JHA/IMMIGRATION: Commission frees new funding - Initiative from Presidency on European solidarity on immigration, borders and asylum
(EU) EU/FRANCE/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Abertis takeover of Austostrade
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Cardinal Health by Alliance Boots approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TEXTILE PRODUCTS/ITALY: Emma Bonino supports Italian Chamber of Commerce initiative for an EU regulation on indication of origin
(EU) EU/MALAYSIA/TRADE/ENVIRONMENT: Talks on trade and forests to start
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: EU imposes restrictions on import of Brazilian fisheries products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Proposal to extend energy crop aid scheme
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission proposes to clarify use of sales description “veal”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Arrangements for draft EU/Mauritania agreement
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Greens off to Strasbourg by bike
(EU) EU/UN/ENVIRONMENT/LEBANON: Friends of the Earth calls on Israel to agree to impact assessment of war with Lebanon
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Laboratories and patients regret further delays to adoption of draft regulation on innovative therapies
(EU) EU/SPORT: Ján Figel' calls on Member States to ratify UNESCO's Convention against Doping
(EU) EP/COMMUNICATION: Doris Pack presses for decentralisation and for youth to be given special attention
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF REGIONS/COMMUNICATION: Gottardo is pleased with EPP summer university - Commissioners Reding and Hübner take the floor
(EU) EU/INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION: According to ECAS, Commission should review its White Paper
(EU) EU/SPORT:
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